The 1837 bible of Perly and Mary
Putnam was sold 8 Mar 2008 on eBay for $23.50. It was part of an estate
sale. At the time of shipping, the bible was located at Hudson,
Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. It appears to have been bought by a
reseller, because the buyer also has a sales account with eBay.

According to Ed M. Putnam III of
Connecticut, "Perley & Mary (Cole) lived their whole lives in New Hampshire."

[Ellen Goulding's first name seems
to have been abbreviated. It was in the bible twice. Once it was
Ellen Putnam, with Ellen being followed by a period or comma. The other
time it was Ellen Goulding, her first name being followed by a comma. She
may have been an Eleanor or some other name.]

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Photos of the Bible - Some
of these 21 photos were used for the eBay auction. The seller then made closer views
at my request so that they could be used in this webpage to benefit Putnam
researchers. Some of the requested photos were very large close-ups that
may
shrink to fit your screen. On my older PC computer, when I put the
cursor onto the photo an icon appears at the lower right of the photo. It
will allow the photo to be enlarged. I use an asterisk (*) below to show
you which of the photos are the huge ones. Below, the letter "C"
is used as an abbreviation for Column.